Everyone's coming around. Dilfer, Christian Fauria, all kinds of people are backtracking. Guess it really was dumb to judge after 4 games, eh?

One thing I found interesting: Dilfer's comment that the next test for Wilson will be how he handles being specifically targeted by other team's gameplans. Will he adapt when defenses are trying to take HIM out of the game first? Well, Pete's designed this team to make sure this never happens. The run is too strong.

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MontanaHawk05 wrote:One thing I found interesting: Dilfer's comment that the next test for Wilson will be how he handles being specifically targeted by other team's gameplans. Will he adapt when defenses are trying to take HIM out of the game first? Well, Pete's designed this team to make sure this never happens. The run is too strong.

This is reality. Teams will figure out Wilsons tendencies as more film becomes available and will get the better of him. How Russell handles this and adjusts will be the key

MontanaHawk05 wrote:One thing I found interesting: Dilfer's comment that the next test for Wilson will be how he handles being specifically targeted by other team's gameplans. Will he adapt when defenses are trying to take HIM out of the game first? Well, Pete's designed this team to make sure this never happens. The run is too strong.

This is reality. Teams will figure out Wilsons tendencies as more film becomes available and will get the better of him. How Russell handles this and adjusts will be the key

Yes, he's showing tendencies of:

-Playing well from the pocket and having a nice feel for the pocket if he has a pocket.-Being able to improvise when flushed from the pocket-Tucking and running as a last resort, but making plays with his feet when forced to.-Learning other teams tendencies-Learning from his own mistakes and correcting his own tendencies

But he will continue to be criticized b/c he gives stock answers in interviews.

This young QB is a genuine talent, unfortunately vertically challenged. He will be a pro bowl QB before long but he still will be short by conventional standards as a starting QB.

He's a rookie QB behind an OLine that could be better, yet is surviving despite being under a lot of pressure (4th worst in the NFL). All this is happening with a mediocre bunch of WRs yet he's getting things done despite an OC who restricts his ability to open things up. Frankly by most metrics he's doing pretty well.

He will prove himself in these final 6 games to be the best of the crop this season, despite being too short if no one really is noticing it makes a bit of difference in his play.

Until we develop a pass rush that will cause opposing teams to be forced to scheme to defend it we will never be able to completely take the final step. That was done and the final step was taken. The OLine still needs work.